Falling Leaf Systems sold access to a membership site dubbed the Sapling Program, whereby users could access a build of Alky allowing them to demo the game Prey on either Linux or Mac OS X . Despite attempts to expand their stack by also supporting applications on disparate platforms, Falling Leaf Systems officially closed its doors in early 2008.
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His aircraft was witnessed climbing to altitude, before drifting down like a falling leaf, and gliding to a landing, which was controlled enough to leave skid marks, but rough enough to rupture the fuel tank and ignite the aircraft . Hypoxia was suspected among other reasons for the crash, but the fire made it impossible to verify the exact cause.
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However, the slightest bit of variation in any of a number of factors, such as control surface inputs or air turbulence, will generally result in the aircraft beginning a rotation around both the yaw and roll axes, referred to as " incipient spin . " The rotation may be self-induced, called autorotation, or, in maneuvers like the falling leaf, the rotation is pilot-induced by using the rudder.
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Bill Sweetman, an author with an interest in military planes, speculated that the Iranians did not shoot down the plane ( citing the lack of burn marks, holes, or outward damage ) or hack into the system, postulating that a system failure downed the plane, and that the plane could be intact from what is known as a " flat spin " or " falling leaf departure ".
